Three-year-old boy is killed after he is hit by car outside New Hope Baptist Church in Melbourne

A three-year-old boy is killed after being hit by a car outside New Hope Baptist Church in Melbourne

  • Thang Khat Su, 3 years old, died on the spot
  • Paramedics were unable to save him

A three-year-old boy was hit by a car near a church on Saturday evening around 7 p.m.

Thang Khat Sun was killed when he was hit in the car park of New Hope Baptist Church in the Melbourne suburb of Blackburn North, 17km east of the CBD.

He and his family had just arrived for the Khuado Pawi cultural festival, held by people from the Zomi ethnic group, who are originally from mountain towns in northwestern Myanmar.

Emergency services were immediately called, but paramedics were unable to save the little boy’s life.

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Thang Khat Sun (pictured) was killed when he was hit in the car park of New Hope Baptist Church in the Melbourne suburb of Blackburn North, 17km east of the CBD